#Baltimore Rock Opera Society

[draconym]

puppet karaoke is perhaps the best idea I've ever had

[charlottecremababe]

I FUCKING LOVED THIS SCENE!!! I'm from Baltimore, MD and we have a local theater group named BROS (Baltimore Rock Opera Society) that's pretty well known locally. This scene looks like something straight out of one of their theater productions! They even did a production of Phantom of the Paradise a few years back🥰

Jeffrey Comanor, Peter Elbling, and Archie Hahn in Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

[hellokidhamilton]

Baby’s first Baltimore Rock Opera Society (BROS) show!

[thecrownbaltimore]

BROS presents: Evolution Karaoke At The Crown! Sign Ups are Open for Baltimore Rock Opera Society's Evolution Karaoke Competition! . Join us for three  nights of competitive karaoke throughout May. On May 4th and 11th, participants will compete in a karaoke-off with a live band, culminating in a FINAL SHOWDOWN on May 24th to 👑Crown👑 our final winners. . PLUS, PRIZES EACH WEEK! . Wanna Win? Then ya gotta have some style! Costumes, stunts, props, dancing and spectacle are all Strongly Encouraged. Decide what Evolution means to you, and come dressed to impress. . The first two nights are themed as THE PAST and THE FUTURE. Submit a song and plan a performance accordingly! . For more info and sign-ups, catch BROs on their Official Website: https://www.baltimorerockopera.org/news/brand-new-events-for-spring OR, follow along with BROS on FB @BaltimoreRockOperaSociety or IG @bmorerockopera Tickets: https://baltimorerockopera.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/events/a0S6g00000PXCi3EAH #baltimore #karaoke #baltimoreartist #baltimoremusic #dmvmusic #rockopera Proudly sponsored by AMAZING SPIRAL comics & games! @amazingspira (at The Crown) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr01VMauqSa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[baronafanas002]

Phantom of the paradise for baltimore rock opera society.

Artist unknown.

[kevintumbles]

Theatre Review: ‘Love & ROAR!’ at the Baltimore Rock Opera Society

In the fifteen years since its founding, the Baltimore Rock Opera Society has been responsible for some incredibly ambitious productions of original material. The latest of these is “Love & ROAR!,” appearing through November 19 in a vacant downtown space. This former bank building is a great temporary home, with one or two limitations, and […] See original article at: https://mdtheatreguide.com/2022/11/theatre-review-love-roar-at-the-baltimore-rock-opera-society/

[featheredfall]

on her way to close out a production with the Baltimore Rock Opera Society; liable to steal hearts and/or the show 🐉⚔️🎸 (at Baltimore, Maryland)

[draconym]

Stay weird, Baltimore

[radiodark]

I made some mock videogame art for the show we just wrapped, a choose-your-own-adventure rock opera called Space Kümité. It was a mashup of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Bloodsport and the Illiad set in space, with a bunch of zero gravity professional wrestling thrown in. Thnx @glumshoe for the reference photo.

[tatianathoreau]

did you know that i am assistant directing a Halloween show with the Baltimore Rock Opera Society? get spooked, hoes! https://www.instagram.com/p/BosNofUAentJHrEJ5Puro9g5qlXOsVLztSiAPo0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1or2rwymyj93u

[nuclearblastuk]

AMORPHIS & SOILWORK announce 2019 EU Co-Headline Tour; JINJER And NAILED TO OBSCURITY Confirmed As Support Acts!

Finnish melancholic progressive metallers AMORPHIS released their enormously successful new album Queen Of Time, on May 18th, 2018 through Nuclear Blast. To present their new hymns live on stage, the band is pleased to announce that they will join forces with visionary Swedish metallers SOILWORK for a European co-headline run in early 2019. The band is currently working hard on the follow-up to 2015's hit album The Ride Majestic (Nuclear Blast). The trek will mark SOILWORK's first tour in support of their new record. As if this package wasn't great enough, these headliners will be supported by Ukrainian modern metal outfit JINJER plus German melodic death/doom metallers NAILED TO OBSCURITY, who are working on their Nuclear Blast debut. AMORPHIS guitarist Esa Holopainen commented, "We can't wait to hit the European roads and take the AMORPHIS live production to the next level with the »Queen Of Time« tour. We are really happy to bring the mighty SOILWORK, JINJER and NAILED TO OBSCURITY to this tour as well. Get your tickets now, it's gonna be a blast from the past!" Added SOILWORK vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid, "We are very excited about touring with AMORPHIS, as the first tour for our upcoming album. AMORPHIS have been my favorite Finnish band since I was a teenager, when Tales From The Thousand Lakes was my daily soundtrack. Both of the bands' unique take on metal, will create an epic cocktail, as we roll through Europe on tour together. It's about time, I can't wait!" JINJER stated "We are absolutely thrilled and honored to tour alongside two metal giants such as AMORPHIS and SOILWORK, it's almost too good to be true! We'll be bringing our A game and playing some new material as well. Europe, get ready because 2019 is going to get loud!" NAILED TO OBSCURITY guitarist Jan-Ole Lamberti said, "We can't wait to get back on the road again and we are very excited to be a part of this killer tour package. We are looking forward to seeing familiar faces at cities and venues that we've already played in the past, but also to meeting lots of new people at places and even countries we haven't been to yet. This is going to be great!" AMORPHIS + SOILWORK w/ JINJER, NAILED TO OBSCURITY 11.01. D Oberhausen - Turbinenhalle 2 12.01. NL Nijmegen - Doornroosje 13.01. D Hamburg - Markthalle 14.01. DK Copenhagen - Amager Bio 15.01. S Stockholm - Fryshuset 16.01. N Oslo - Rockefeller Music Hall 18.01. D Hanover - Capitol 19.01. D Leipzig - Hellraiser 20.01. PL Krakow - Klub Kwadrat 23.01. BG Sofia - Universiada Hall 25.01. H Budapest - Barba Negra Music Club 26.01. A Vienna - Arena 27.01. CZ Zlín - Masters of Rock Café 28.01. SK Bratislava - Majestic Music Club 29.01. D Berlin - Kesselhaus 30.01. D Munich - Backstage (Werk) 01.02. D Geiselwind - MusicHall 02.02. D Cologne - Essigfabrik 03.02. B Antwerp - Trix Muziekcentrum 04.02. UK London - Islington Assembly Hall 06.02. F Paris - Cabaret Sauvage 07.02. F Toulouse - Le Bikini 08.02. E Madrid - Mon 09.02. E Barcelona - Salamandra 10.02. F Lyon - Le Transbordeur 12.02. I Trezzo sull'Adda (MI) - Live Music Club 13.02. D Wiesbaden - Schlachthof 14.02. D Saarbrücken - Garage 15.02. D Stuttgart - LKA Longhorn 16.02. CH Pratteln - Z7 ----- Order AMORPHIS' Queen Of Time now: http://nuclearblast.com/amorphis-queenoftime More on Queen Of Time: 'The Bee' OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf_4uvymwRw 'Wrong Direction' OFFICIAL VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz9uAOM4DHo 'Amongst Stars' (feat. Anneke van Giersbergen) OFFICIAL VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg2VqUTNjsw --- Order SOILWORK's Death Resonance now: http://nblast.de/SoilworkDResonance More on Death Resonance: 'Helsinki' OFFICIAL VISUALIZER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5VGQueLuqM 'These Absent Eyes' OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydGQYp6QCHs

More AMORPHIS dates: 23.06. D St. Goarshausen - RockFels 24.06. F Clisson - Hellfest 05.07. D Ballenstedt - Rockharz Open Air 06.07. FIN Lohja - Rantajamit 12.07. D Balingen - Bang Your Head!!! 13.07. CZ Vizovice - Masters of Rock 15.07. FIN Joensuu - Ilosaarirock 20.07. FIN Laukaa - John Smith Rock Festival 27.07. FIN Kuopio - RockCock 28.07. FIN Oulu - Qstock 03.08. D Wacken - Wacken Open Air 10.08. B Kortrijk - Alcatraz Metal Festival 11.08. E Villena - Leyendas del Rock 18.08. FIN Hämeenlinna - Tuuloksen Kapakanmäki (w/ support) w/ DARK  TRANQUILLITY, MOONSPELL, OMNIUM GATHERUM 07.09. USA New York, NY - Gramercy Theatre 08.09. CDN Montréal, QC - Théâtre Corona 09.09. CDN Québec City, QC - Impérial de Québec 10.09. CDN Toronto, ON - The Opera House 11.09. USA Ft. Wayne, IN - Piere's Entertainment Center 12.09. USA Detroit, MI - Harpos Concert Theatre 13.09. USA Joliet, IL - The Forge 14.09. USA Minneapolis, MN - The Cabooze 15.09. CDN Winnipeg, MB - The Park Theatre 17.09. CDN Edmonton, AB - The Starlite Room 18.09. CDN Calgary, AB - Dickens 19.09. CDN Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre 20.09. USA Seattle, WA - El Corazon 22.09. USA Berkeley, CA - UC Theatre 23.09. USA Anaheim, CA - City National Grove 24.09. USA West Hollywood, CA - Whiskey a Go Go 25.09. USA San Diego, CA - Brick by Brick

26.09. USA Phoenix, AZ - The Pressroom 27.09. USA Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues 28.09. USA Salt Lake City, UT - Liquid Joe's 29.09. USA Denver, CO - Herman’s Hideaway 01.10. USA Dallas, TX - Trees 02.10. USA San Antonio, TX - The Rock Box 03.10. USA Houston, TX - Scout Bar 05.10. USA Tampa, FL - The Orpheum 06.10. USA Lake Park, FL - Kelsey Theater 07.10. USA Atlanta, GA - Masquerade 09.10. USA Louisville, KY - Diamond Pub & Billiards 10.10. USA Durham, NC - Motorco Music Hall 11.10. USA Baltimore, MD - Soundstage 12.10. USA Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero Theatre 13.10. USA Worcester, MA - The Palladium 14.10. USA Clifton Park, NY - Upstate Concert Hall Queen Of Time Tour 2018: 02.11. FIN Leppävirta - Vesileppis Areena* 03.11. FIN Joensuu - Unholy Winterfest** 09.11. FIN Turku - Logomo*** 10.11. FIN Helsinki - Black Box*** 16.11. FIN Rauha - Saimaa Arena**** 17.11. FIN Tampere - Pakkahuone 23.11. FIN Seinäjoki - Rytmikorjaamo 24.11. FIN Oulu - Areena 01.12. FIN Hämeenlinna - Aulanko Areena 07.12. FIN Vaasa - WS Arena 08.12. FIN Pori - Isomäki Areena**** *w/ STRATOVARIUS,  BLOCKBUSTER **w/ CHILDREN OF  BODOM, STRATOVARIUS, LOST SOCIETY ***w/ MYRKUR ****w/ TURMION  KÄTILÖT

More NAILED TO  OBSCURITY dates: 29.06. D Manslagt - Let the Bad Times Roll Open Air 30.06. D Gardelegen - Metal Frenzy 07.07. D Nordheim - Sunstorm Festival 11.08. UK Derby - Bloodstock Open Air

[thecrownbaltimore]

5/4 + 5/11 + 5/24 : BROS Presents: Evolution Karaoke Competition - Survival of the Baddest! ticket link: https://baltimorerockopera.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/events/a0S6g00000PXCi3EAH rsvp: https://allevents.in/baltimore/evolution-karaoke/200024234600824?ref=eventlist-cat# fb rsvp: https://www.facebook.com/events/1361647581301014/1361647587967680 Join Baltimore Rock Opera Society at the Crown for a May of epic karaoke competition! Costumes! Prizes! LIVE BAND Karaoke on 5/24! . featured performers: Host- Mars Magestus / The Von Marko Family Band / @honeywhitlockband / planet / @m.k.primavera . Check out the BROS home page for more info! ( official website | IG: @bmorerockopera ) . sponsors: @zekescoffeebmore + @amazingspiral + @baltimorefiscal + @thecrownbaltimore #karaoke #balitmorenightlife #karaokecompetition #baltimorekaraoke #dmvmusic (at The Crown) https://www.instagram.com/p/CreBWTBJOm7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[shawwillsuffice]

Every album and song referenced in every book by Hanif Abdurraqib

I decided to put together this list after finishing Hanif’s latest full-length book, They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us: Essays. For those not familiar with Hanif, he’s a poet and essayist who really loves to talk about music. He writes a lot about hip hop, punk, and emo, but I also once texted him out of the blue to ask his opinion of the largely forgotten 90′s boy band O-Town and he had a number of clearly well-thought-out observations ready to go immediately. He writes about music in ways that are simultaneously about other very big things in his life and the society and communities that shaped it. It’s something I deeply appreciate, as a person for whom narrative storytelling is often the only way for me to express the things I’m thinking and feeling, for which simpler words just won’t cut it. His books are about fear, or heartbreak, or gentrification, or religion, or death and mourning, or hope, but they’re also pretty much all about music.

With that in mind, I decided to make it my 2018 New Year’s Resolution to listen to every album and song referenced in his books, and since I had to make this list anyway, I figure I’ll share it in case anyone else wants to do the same, or just wants an exhaustive list of Hanif’s music references for some other reason. 

For clarity’s sake, this list includes songs and albums, but not instances where musical artists are named without reference to any of their actual material. I’ve omitted names of individual songs in cases where the albums they appear on are referenced in the same poem or essay. I’ve also tried to include indirect references that rely on context cues without identifying actual titles or song lyrics, though I’m sure I’ve missed some. 

Of course, if any of this sounds at all interesting, I’d recommend buying the books themselves. The chapbooks are quite hard to find, unfortunately. Vintage Sadness famously sold out in pre-sale, even after the publisher more than doubled the print run due to overwhelming demand, and if there are any copies of Three Crosses or To Ex-Girlfriends to be had anywhere besides my bookshelf, I sure as hell can’t find them. However, both of the full-length books, The Crown Ain’t Worth Much and They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us are still very much available.

Three Crosses (2012)

- The Notorious B.I.G., Life After Death (”And it’s full. Been full. Stays full. Full since that ‘97 summer / When Biggie blared out of everything with windows. Everything that could breathe.”) - Johnny Cash, “Oh Bury Me Not” - Taylor Swift, “Last Kiss” - Michael Jackson, “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)” - Stevie Wonder, “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours” (”Michelle Obama loves punk rock music. / Rolls her eyes backstage when Barack picks yet another Stevie Wonder standard to stroll out to during campaign stops.”) - The Clash, “I’m So Bored with the U.S.A.” - The Pogues, Red Roses for Me - Nirvana, In Utero

To Ex-Girlfriends (2014, I think?)

- The Who, “My Generation” - Johnny Cash, “John Henry’s Hammer” - Johnny Cash, “Cocaine Blues” (”In Folsom, they banged on metal tables / when you talked about that .44 you kept under your pillow”) - Jay-Z, Big Pimpin’ - The Notorious B.I.G., “Mo Money Mo Problems” - Diana Ross, “I’m Coming Out” - Johnny Cash, “I Never Picked Cotton” - Jay-Z and Kanye West, “No Church in the Wild” - Against Me!, “Thrash Unreal” - Van Morrison, “Sweet Thing” - Hall & Oates, “Sara Smile” - Hall & Oates, “Rich Girl”

The Crown Ain’t Worth Much (2016)

- Jay-Z, “Where I’m From” - Journey, “Don’t Stop Believin’” - Marvin Gaye, “What’s Going On” (”& he starts in on some marvin & the words ‘brother, brother, brother / there’s far too many of you dying’ crawl from his lips) - Fall Out Boy, “Saturday” - Jay-Z, “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)” (”& Jay-Z called himself Hova / twelve times in one song”) - The Notorious B.I.G., “Mo Money Mo Problems” - Taking Back Sunday, Tell All Your Friends - Nick Drake, “Pink Moon” - The Notorious B.I.G., “N****s Bleed” - Something Corporate, “Konstantine” - Fall Out Boy, “Sugar We’re Goin’ Down” (”We wrote ‘IGNORE YOUR GOD COMPLEX’ in every bathroom stall on campus one of those years even though we knew the right lyrics”) - Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d. city - Whitney Houston, “How Will I Know”  - Third Eye Blind, “Semi-Charmed Life”  - The Temptations, “I Wish It Would Rain” - Nina Simone, “Mississippi Goddamn” - Nina Simone, “Sinnerman” - Nirvana, “Lithium”

Vintage Sadness (2017)

- Blood Orange ft. Carly Rae Jepsen, “Better Than Me” - Kanye West, “Only One”  - Jay-Z and Kanye West, “No Church in the Wild” - Duran Duran, “Girls On Film” - Carly Rae Jepsen, “E*Mo*Tion” - Ginuwine, “Pony” - The Four Seasons, “December, 1963 (Oh What a Night)” - Jay-Z and Kanye West, “Illest Motherfucker Alive” - Aaliyah, “Rock the Boat”  - Soul Decision, “Faded” - Nirvana, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” - Guns N’ Roses, “Welcome to the Jungle” - Kelis, “Milkshake” - Jay-Z, “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)” - Bone Thugs N Harmony, “Crossroads” - Next, “Too Close” - Olivia Newton John, “Let’s Get Physical” - Cutting Crew, “(I Just) Died in Your Arms Tonight” - Soul II Soul, “However Do You Want Me”  - Jay-Z and Kanye West, “N****s in Paris”

They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us (2017)

- The U.S. National Anthem - Bruce Springsteen, “Born in the U.S.A.” - Lil Uzi Vert, “XO TOUR Llif3″ - Fetty Wap, “Trap Queen” - Chance the Rapper, Coloring Book - The Social Experiment, “Sunday Candy” - Chance the Rapper, Acid Rap - Drake, Views - Bruce Springsteen, The River - Carly Rae Jepsen, E*Mo*Tion - Carly Rae Jepsen, “Call Me Maybe” - Semisonic, “Closing Time” - Marcy Playground, “Sex and Candy” - Prince, “Baby, I’m a Star” - Bob Dylan, “All Along the Watchtower” - Foo Fighters, “Best of You” - Prince, “Purple Rain” - ScHoolboy Q, Oxymoron - The Notorious B.I.G., “N****s Bleed” - The Weeknd, Kiss Land - The Weeknd, House of Balloons - The Weeknd, Thursday - The Weeknd, Echoes of Silence - Marvin Gaye, What’s Going On - NOFX, “Don’t Call Me White” - Brand New, “Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades” - The Wonder Years, Suburbia I’ve Given You All And Now I’m Nothing - The Wonder Years, The Greatest Generation - The Wonder Years, No Closer to Heaven - Constellations, Alpha - Twenty One Pilots, Regional At Best - Rihanna, “Work” - Cute Is What We Aim For, The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch - Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Blank Generation - My Chemical Romance, The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance, May Death Never Stop You - My Chemical Romance, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys - Defiance, Ohio, Share What Ya Got - Defiance, Ohio, The Great Depression - Fall Out Boy, Folie a Deux - Fall Out Boy, “Saturday” - Fall Out Boy, Infinity on High - Fall Out Boy, From Under the Cork Tree - Bobby Womack, “If You Think You’re Lonely Now” - Fall Out Boy, “Dead On Arrival” - Three 6 Mafia, “Star Fly” - Willie Hutch, “Tell Me Why Has Our Love Turned Cold” - Michael Jackson, Thriller - Ice Cube, AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted - Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly - The Impressions, “People Get Ready” - “The Gospel Train” - “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” - Sam Cooke, “A Change Is Gonna Come” - “Wade in the Water” - Foxx, “Wipe Me Down” - Webbie, Savage Life 2 - Lil Boosie, Incarcerated - Boosie Badazz, Touch Down 2 Cause Hell - Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac, Rumours - Atmosphere, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold - The Notorious B.I.G., Life After Death - Diana Ross, “I’m Coming Out” - Big Pun, “Still Not a Player” - Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann, The Threepenny Opera - Nina Simone, Nina Simone In Concert - Nina Simone, “Baltimore” - Nina Simone, “Sinnerman” - Lupe Fiasco, Food and Liquor - Migos, Culture - Migos, Juug Season - Migos, “Versace” - “When the Saints Go Marching In” - Johnny Cash, “Folsom Prison Blues” - Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash, “Hurt” - N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton - Ice Cube, “No Vaseline” - 3rd Bass, “Pop Goes the Weasel” - Bone Thugs N Harmony, “Thug Love” - Bubba Sparxxx, Deliverance - Asher Roth, RetroHash - Asher Roth, “I Love College” (”Saw him in 2015 at some festival and a drunk white woman kept yelling at him to play the college song.”) - Macklemore, The Heist - Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d. city - Macklemore, This Unruly Mess I’ve Made - Future, Honest - Future, Dirty Sprite 2 - Future and Drake, What a Time to Be Alive - Future, Evol - Future, Beast Mode - Future, 56 Nights - Future, Purple Reign - Future, Future - Future, HNDRXX

[htdarling]

Musaeum Artist Profile: Martha Robichaud

Martha Robichaud (Bertie the gift shop’s shopkeeper, alternating shifts with Emily Hall who plays her sister, Birdie) began her theatre education at the Baltimore School for the Arts, and continued her training at UMBC as a Linehan Artist Scholar. She graduated in 2015 with a BFA in Acting and a Minor in Writing. Credits include The Stranger in Submersive Productions' The Mesmeric Revelations! of Edgar Allan Poe, Hunter Hank in Iron Crow's Fucking A,  Shadow (the cat) in Cohesion Theatre's A Little Bit Not Normal, Mrs. Who in Frith and Inle's A Wrinkle in Time, and Genevieve in the Baltimore Rock Opera Society's Brides of Tortuga. She is thrilled to be working with Submersive Productions again on this wondrous show.

[agneslovesart]

BROS is Hiring!

The Baltimore Rock Opera Society wants you! Baltimore’s community-powered, collaborative, rock n’ roll production company is looking for great people who can work part-time to further BROS mission of providing unforgettable experiences to audiences in Baltimore and beyond. We are looking to fill three paid part-time positions, as well as looking for volunteers for several […] from BmoreArt | Baltimore Contemporary Art

[draconym]

the Baltimore Rock Opera Society is back at it again with giant worms